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Jul 8, 2010 - Mendocino Coast

Photos will follow at a later date as I forgot my camera battery today and Bill took all the pictures. Today we again drove the serpentine road to Mendocino. It is amazing how fast the locals and the truckers drive the road. I pulled off at the turnouts to let 18 wheelers fly by me. I did not have the guts to go that fast! One hour of twisting and turning and two hours of recuperation. Our first stop was Point Cabrillo Lighthouse. It lies just 1 mile north of the town of Mendocino on the point that juts into the Pacific. It is such a...

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Jul 7, 2010 - Mendocino

We drove from Willits KOA to Mendocino,CA on the Pacific this morning in our cars. We left at 7:30 and it took 1 hour to drive the 32 miles of serpentine road. I mean this road twists and turns,climbs and descends the whole 32 miles. The longest straight-a-way is but a few hundred feet. If you get the chance, check out CA Rt.20 on Google Maps. Several of the turns are rated at 15 mph! It was a long but gorgeous drive through forests of stately pines and Sequoias-made more dramatic by the 10 giant logger trucks we met going like hell the...

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